Step Quote by Emma Hayes

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

— Hope Solo

The women's national team is a very successful team, and that success has given us a platform to speak on gender equity issues. Millions…

— Becky Sauerbrunn

I think we have to keep putting women's sports in the limelight. I thought the Women's World Cup did a wonderful job of showing…

— Becky Sauerbrunn

Clubs in other countries can step up, and we can kick on with women's football even more.

— Toni Duggan

Women and football have come a long way since I was at school. In those days, as far as I was concerned, football was…

— David James

Women's sport is changing all the time, no matter what role you play. No matter what part you play in a football club, women…

— Toni Duggan

I think women have brought a lot of life back to the sport-first, because a lot of people doubted women could actually do it…

— Stacy Dragila

My teammates and I are best known for our penalty kick victory against China to win the 1999 Women's World Cup. But a lot…

— Julie Foudy

There are still people out there who think women's football is rubbish.

— Alex Greenwood

It goes to show that every federation seems to be growing and putting more money into the women's game, and are developing players from…

— Hope Solo

If you look at the coverage of female sports and athletics across any of the broadcasters that participate in league rights and/or sports programming,…

— Nancy Dubuc

I think the football world needs to wake up and recognize that women, while the game is played by a different gender, it is…

— Emma Hayes